After an 11-year absence, Reba McEntire will return to perform at the 2007 CMA Music Festival, June 7-10 in Nashville. Proceeds go to the Keep the Music Playing campaign to promote music education in Nashville schools. Also on the roster: Carrie Underwood, The Wreckers, Sugarland, Martina McBride, Little Big Town and more.

Chester Frazier had 17 points and Shaun Pruitt added 15 as Illinois defeated Michigan State 57-50 Tuesday night. Elsewhere, UNLV held true to its spot in the Top 25 with a victory over Colorado State and Wichita State earned a big road victory in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 67-61 triumph over Northern Iowa.

Sidney Crosby and Mark Recchi each had a goal and three assists to lead the Penguins to a 7-2 victory over the Coyotes on Saturday. Seven players had goals for Pittsburgh. Phoenix has lost five of eight since winning a season-best seven in a row.

Darlene Conley, a veteran stage and television actress who entertained daytime audiences for nearly two decades as the feisty fashion mogul Sally Spectra on The Bold and the Beautiful, has died. She was 72.

In preparation for the Tostitos Bowl Championship Series title game against Florida, No. 1 Ohio State has set up shop in what coach Jim Tressel called "paradise" twice in his kickoff media session Tuesday. Can you blame him? This is where the desert sun has shined brightly on the Buckeyes three of the last four Januarys.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his sixth goal in three games and Manchester United beat Reading 3-2 on Saturday to move six points clear of Chelsea in the Premier League. Chelsea, the two-time defending champions, was held 2-2 by Fulham in a London derby. The Blues have now dropped four points in two home games in five days.

England and Chelsea captain John Terry returned to training Friday, one day after back surgery. The central defender jogged at Chelsea's Cobham training ground in London, the club said. Terry has missed the Blues' last four games, and Chelsea has given up six goals.

Parliament on Thursday began debating a law that seeks reparations for victims of Spain's 1936-39 Civil War and the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco. The bill, known as the Historic Memory Law, is expected to get past an initial vote allowing it to be processed but is likely to take several months before it is approved.

Three months after Mark Goudeau was arrested and accused of a sexual assault linked to the "Baseline Killer" cases, Phoenix police say they are confident he is responsible for a string of murders, rapes and robberies that terrorized the city for 13 months.

The first week of February 2008 will be a busy one for Phoenix-area sports fans. FBR Open officials have decided to hold their golf tournament on its original scheduled dates of Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2008, which overlaps with the Super Bowl in Glendale.